Public Decisions Database
This database contains decisions on all public judicial disciplinary cases since the inception of the commission in 1960. Cases not involving public charges or public discipline remain confidential under the California Constitution and the commission’s rules.
Pursuant to amendments to the Constitution, which took effect in March 1995, the commission is authorized to impose all disciplinary sanctions, subject to discretionary review by the Supreme Court. Prior to that, the Supreme Court had the authority to censure or remove judges from office upon recommendation by the commission.
Case Profile
New Search| First Name | Pamela Lee |
| Last Name | Iles |
| Title | Judge |
| Inquiry No. | |
| Court Level | Superior Court |
| County/Appellate District | Orange |
| Discipline/Determination | Public admonishment |
| Decision By | Commission |
| Date of Decision | 11/15/2007 |
| Method of Resolution | Decision |
| Types of Misconduct | On-bench abuse of authority in performance of judicial duties |
| Petition For Review | |
| Summary | Judge Iles failed to be faithful to the law when she approved a plea agreement, whereby sentencing of a spousal abuse defendant was deferred, so long as the defendant left California and stayed in Michigan; the agreement subsequently was found constitutionally invalid and contrary to public policy. The judge had been the subject of prior discipline. |
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